Detachable pouring-spout.



H. A. SEARLE.

DBTAOHABLE POURING SPOUT.

APPLIOATION FILED Arn. 7, 1909.

945,346. Patented Jan.4, 1910.

L. #mmf UNTTED sTATEs PATENT oEEIcE.

HARRY A. SEARLE, OF COUNCIL BLUFFS,.IOWA, ASSIGNOR TO MONARCH MANUFAC- TUBING COMPANY, l F .COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA, A CORPORATION OF TERRITORY.

ARIZONA DETACHABLE POURING-SPOUT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 4, 1910.

Application led April 7, 1909. Serial No. 488,372.

To all whom tt may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY A. SEARLE, a

. citizen of the United States, residing at Council Bluffs, in the county of Pottawattalnie andV State of Iowa, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Detachable Pouring-Spouts, of which the following is a speciiication.

The invention relates to spouts for direct-` ing the flow from the discharge orifices of receptacles, and is designed more especially for service with screw-threaded pouring nozzles of sheet metal cans and analogous containers.

A The object of the invention is to rovide va simple spout stamped to the desire shape in a single piece of' sheet metal, adapted to engage the nozzle and hold itself reliably in positlon relatively thereto by friction, and which ma be economically manufactured, easily a p ied and removed, and which will .Serve e ciently. l

The invention consists in certain novel features and details of arrangement by which the above objects are attained, to be hereinafter described.

The accompanying drawings form a part of this specification and show an approved form of the invention.

Figure l is a perspective view showin the spout in position for service on the nozz e of a can. Big. 2 is a plan view of the spout and nozzle, the latter being shown as closed by the usual screw-cap. Fig. 3 is a corresponding side elevation. F1g. 4 is a view from the rear. Fig. '5 is a vertical section taken on the line 5-5 in Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a lan or face view of the spout alone.

imilar letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.

A is the top of a sheet metal can having a screw nozzle A1 of sheet metal secured thereon, and A2 is a screw-cap matching the vsingle piece, stamped and shaped by suitable dies into a dished trough-like form `havin a general resemblance to the attened bow of a spoon, provided at the large end with an opening c, the narrow end serving as a pourlng-lip C. The metal immediately surrounding the opening is raised as at C1 above the bottom of the s out and at the rear is formed into an angu ar depending flan e C2, the edges of the spout being bent or olded downwardly at thesides and rear to form such flange and increase the stiffness.

The opening c is of such diameter as to match closely to the spiral groove formed by the thread on the nozzle and when screwed home thereon is held in position by the strong frictional engagement thus induced, with the lip projecting slightly beyond the top of the can and presented in the desired position for pouring. Thus conditioned the spout serves efficiently in directing the fiow of liquid from the nozzle. I The application of the screw-cap A2V prevents the removal of the spout, and in shipping the cans thus equipped the spout may be partially revolved on the nozzle to extend over the'top of the can and thus protected against injury or distortion in transit, or, a detached spout may be furnished with each can, to be applied thereto by the user.

Modifications may be made in the forms and proportions within wide limits in adapting the invention for service with various types of cans and nozzles, and to Ameet the requirements of the various liquids to be contained in such receptacles.

I claim l. The s out described comprising a single piece of s eet metal, having an opening adapted to match to the thread of a screwnozzle and held thereon by frictional engagement therewith, said spout having an angularly depending flange and havin a pouring lip serving to direct the flow rom such nozzle.

2. A detachable s out comprising a single piece of sheet metal having an opening at one end, a pouring lip at the other end, and a flange partially surrounding said opening and depending angularly, the edges of the v tion with a screw-nozzle having a thread adapted'to match closely in said opening and to hold said spout in position by frictional enga ement therewith.

3. he combination with -a sheet metal can top provided with a screw-threaded nozzle, of a detachable spout havingla bod portlon with opening closely mate ing t e spiral groove of the thread of the nozzle, with one end formed into Aa pouring lip and the other In testimony that I claim the invention above set forth I aix my signature, 1n presend having an angularly disposed depending ence of two Witnesses.

flange about said openlng, and a screw cap engaging said nozzle and preventing removal of the spout but permitting it to be partially revolved on said nozzle.

HARRY, A. SEARLE. Witnesses E. J. MEDLAR,- En. D. JUDD. 

